![]() ![]() (3) explains why an explanation of US/UK differences is more important in the grand scheme of things, but doesn't prove other differences are unimportant. Peter Grey ( talk) 02:10, 17 April 2009 (UTC) Reply I don't agree with some of JackLumber's points. There might be more a systematic way of presenting the data, as well as clarifying where spelling differences are considered tolerable variations as opposed to 'incorrect' spellings. So this is the article where they belong, unless they become unwieldly and need to be split off into a separate article. in terms of the two-way split American vs. 21:59, 16 April 2009 (UTC) Reply In most cases a particular regional variant is adopting most or all the spellings of en-GB and then some of en-US, so it makes sense to consider Canada, Australia, etc. I'm Jack ( Lumber) and I approve this message. #Chambers dictionary of etymology pdf torrent series#Long story short, (1) this article is called American and British English spelling differences, not American and British and Canadian and Australian and you-name-it English spelling differences, and the reason why is that (2) this article is part of a series on American and British English, not American and British and Canadian and Australian and you-name-it English, and that's because (3) American and British English are the reference norms (as per Trudgill, Crystal, McArthur etc.) and (4) we don't have enough sources and references to provide systematic, comprehensive information on Canadian and Australian spelling and (5) some Canadian and Australian spellings are currently in the article as *additional* information, so don't look a gift horse in the mouth-I'd rather take them out altogether (6) if we allow for Canadian and Australian variants, then everybody would probably start to add their own favo(u)rite variants and the article would quickly deteriorate into a free-for-all and grow out of control. Goodbye Galaxy ( talk) 04:50, 16 April 2009 (UTC) Reply No. You'd be surprised how rare comprehensive Canadian spelling lists are. Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.207.206.210 ( talk) 16:38, 13 April 2009 (UTC) Reply I would be highly in favor/favour of this. Would it be crazy to add another section to the chart, showing the differences between these two countries as well? It seems silly to me to have to read the box at the side for Canadian/Australian spellings, when it could be in the chart clearly.
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